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Small plane crashes at Peterborough Airport

Duty crew employee Dave Humber looks at a damaged RV-9 single prop airplane that crashed into a swamp landing on its nose, to the east of the airport's main runway, on Saturday June 7, 2014 at the Peterborough Municipal Airport. The pilot was transported to hospital. The RV-9 kit-built plane was having engine trouble, according to a press release from the airport. Clifford Skarstedt/Peterborough Examiner/QMI Agency

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A Peterborough area pilot was taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre for treatment after his small plane crashed Saturday morning at Peterborough Airport.

It happened around 9 a.m. when Peterborough Airport staff were notified that the Van's RV-9 kit-built plane was having engine trouble, according to a press release from the airport.

City firefighters, police and paramedics were called in and the plane was found to have crashed into a swamp, landing on its nose, about 300 metres to the east of the airport's main runway between the airport and the Otonabee River.

Rescuers removed the pilot, who was the only occupant of the plane, and he was rushed to the hospital, the release states. He was released later Saturday.

All runways have reopened at the airport, the release states.

A crane was brought in to remove the plane from the swamp on Saturday afternoon.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation and an estimate of damage is not yet available.

UPDATE: Peterborough County OPP reports that Transport Canada will not be investigating the crash any further. The OPP also reports that contrary to an earlier report, the pilot, a Pickering man, was able to leave the plane on his own.